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Date:      Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:34:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To:        kiril@ideaglobal.com (Kiril Mitev)
Cc:        ark@eltex.ru, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Real-time alarms
Message-ID:  <199909201534.IAA59102@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <199909201507.PAA30804@loki.ideaglobal.com> from Kiril Mitev at "Sep 20, 1999 03:07:41 pm"

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> Ouch.
> 
> do you REALLY suggest things along the lines
>  
>  set proc/priv=(... , .... , .... )

Yes, at least the functionality, we don't have to use the VMS DCL
interface to it.  set proc/priv= just flips bits in the process
header area.

You have a better idea??

> > > 
> > > Hmmm, i think it is a good idea to have 2 kernel interfaces:
> > > 
> > > 1) audit - one way communication system that lets kernel and possibly
> > > some user processes to inform an audit daemon or whatever that something
> > > important happened
> > 
> > By definision a secure audit trail can only be generated by a secure
> > code base, that pretty much precludes any user processes from being
> > a source of data at this time.
> > 
> > > 2) acl device that will provide 2-way communication to a daemon that will
> > > allow or deny things to happen?
> > 
> > This is no longer auditing, that would be under another thread, one about
> > security control, and goes hand in hand with the proposal I tossed out
> > about VMS like per process priviledges.
> > 

-- 
Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25)                    rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net


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